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A USB mass storage device might in the form of a USB flash drive or a USB external hard disk drive. These drives are devices for storing files of any type, including image, document, video and audio files. One of the most common issues that occurs with mass storage devices is the development of “bad sectors,” which can cause the disk drive to malfunction. Microsoft Windows includes the command line utility “Chkdsk” which checks a disk drive for errors and bad sectors and then repairs them....

If you are getting Java Script errors in your Internet Explorer browser, it means that some of the coding that is on the Web page is not compatible with your browser. While there is not much that you can do to fix the coding errors on the page, except report the errors to the website administrator, there is a fix for Internet Explorer that will stop the annoying error messages from popping up on your computer screen....

Internet Explorer 8 suffers a glitch involving high-contrast themes for the Windows desktop and other “theme-skinning” software. Themes change the way components of the Windows operating system appears. When Internet Explorer 8 is installed for the first time, certain themes such as “Classic” can trigger a defect in the browser which makes the toolbar and window frame appear to be solid black. The glitch is only temporary and is removable by switching themes....

A stereo receiver controls the audio connection inputs and the speakers of a stereo system. Because the receiver is the brains of the system, if it has a problem or goes down, the entire stereo and all connected components are not going to work. These issues are typically minor, and it is possible for you to correct the problems through a series of troubleshooting steps. Writer Bio

Internet Explorer allows users to customize their surfing experience in a number of ways. Set a homepage, save bookmarks, edit settings and change your privacy options. You can also fix the font size in the browser if it’s too small or too large. Internet Explorer 8 allows you to change the font size of your text directly from the toolbar of the browser. Writer Bio

T-Mobile is a company that offers consumers cell phone equipment and service plans. One type of cell phone that you can purchase through T-Mobile is one that includes a tap screen, which can also be called a touch screen. If the screen of your T-Mobile phone becomes cracked, then you do not have a lot of options to get it fixed. It’s not the type of damage you can fix yourself; and since it is a physical damage, it is not covered by the warranty that came with the phone, and it cannot be exchanged....

In the Craigslist online community, all users are permitted to flag any ads that violate the website’s Terms of Use or posting guidelines. This self-moderating system works to single out inappropriate postings by determining how many flags an ad receives. According to the Craigslist Help page, “free classified ads receiving a sufficient number of qualified negative flags are subject to automated removal.” Other postings, like forum postings and paid ads that receive enough flags are subject to further review....

When you buy a SanDisk micro SD card, it will be formatted properly. However, there are times when you want to erase everything on the card or possibly eliminate errors you might see when using the card. Formatting the card can be done with any computer that has an external or internal card reader, and it takes less than a minute to return your card to like-new condition. Warnings Writer Bio

Macintosh OS X automatically maintains virtual memory for the user, and under normal operations you should not need to take any specific steps to free up virtual memory. However, after many applications have been opened, your Mac may slow down considerably when switching between them, so cleaning out virtual memory manually may improve performance. This is also useful before launching a single application that uses a lot of memory, such as those used for photo or video editing or high-definition playback....

DirecTV provides customers with hundreds of channels and programs to choose from. The digital satellite service officially has over 200 different networks. With all those choices, it can be hard to find what you want to watch. The channel guide can be your best friend in finding when your favorite TV shows are playing and on which stations. Guides are distributed through DirecTV affiliates online, the TV Guide Channel and through your remote’s additional features....

Google Trends provides a way to research the popularity of terms used by other people on Google’s search engine. Though it doesn’t provide raw numbers of searches performed, Trends shows relative interest over time and by country or city. The Trends home page lists topics currently receiving heavy search traffic as well as charts and comparisons picked out by Google. To start your own research, enter your first search term in the search bar on Trends....

SPSS is a statistical analysis software package that allows a wide range of manipulations and procedures to be performed on datasets. Unfortunately, one procedure that is notably absent is the geometric mean. This is a central tendency statistic used when a dataset is skewed or has been altered by some relative function. Despite being missing from SPSS, the geometric mean can be calculated using a combination of SPSS’s “Compute Variable” function, and a scientific calculator found on most computer operating systems for free....

The iPod’s shuffle feature plays music by skipping randomly through the songs and albums loaded onto the device. For the iPod Touch and iPod Nano 6G, shaking the device prompts it to skip the song currently playing and choose a new one. Additionally, the shuffle feature for both the iPod Nano 6G and the iPod Classic can be programmed to automatically shuffle through the entire music library. Writer Bio

Internet-enabled Panasonic Viera TV sets come with a standard YouTube app as part of the Viera Connect package of Internet applications. To access YouTube and the other Internet apps on your Panasonic Viera TV set, you must first connect the set to your home network via a hard-wire Ethernet connection to the Internet router or, on some Viera models, with a wireless connection through the integrated Wi-Fi antenna or a Wi-Fi adapter that plugs into the network port....

Vizio Smart television sets come with a series of applications preloaded to enable you to access popular Internet content providers from the TV without needing to use a computer. Released in 2012, the YouTube app works from your Vizio TV’s Vizio Internet Apps (VIA) system, which is accessible with a single button press from your remote control. After you’ve selected the YouTube app, you can browse or search using a similar process to that you’d use on your computer, tablet or smartphone....

Many spreadsheet users take advantage of the database features in Microsoft Excel when working with their spreadsheet data. Simple search, sort and filter functions are available using the “Data” menu within Excel. Microsoft Access is a full-featured, relational database that is compatible with Microsoft Excel. Importing Excel spreadsheet data into Microsoft Access provides several benefits, including improved data input, multiuser access and advanced reporting options. Excel column data labels are converted to field names, column data is converted to fields and each row is converted to a record during the import process....

Generate Your Twitter Code Visit your Twitter page, click “Settings” and then click “Widgets.” Click “Create New” followed by “User Timeline” to view a page that helps you configure the way your gadget looks. Select the customization features you’d like your gadget to have. For instance, you can click “Link Color” and then select a color for the gadget’s links. Type the username of the Twitter user you’d like to display in the “Username” text box....

Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007 provide the ability to insert objects into Word files. An object can be an image, sound or file. When you insert an object and choose to display it as an icon, the displayed icon represents the application type of the file. For instance, an Excel icon displays when you insert an Excel document. If you want the icon to display as something that may better represent the content rather then the application, you can modify the icon....

Wireless routers are readily available for consumers to purchase and set up wireless local area networks, or WLANs, in their homes or small businesses. Verizon customers can combine their DSL modems with a wireless modem to connect laptops, video game consoles, cellular phones and other devices to their network to share the Internet and documents on the network. Since Verizon provides high-speed, broadband Internet service, the user can connect multiple devices to share the connection without reducing the performance of the Internet....

Installing a webcam requires drivers. A driver is the method by which the computer communicates with devices. Without a driver, the PC will not understand how to use the webcam. Generally, a webcam comes with a driver disk when you purchase it. If you purchase the webcam second-hand or lost the disk, you can download the drivers.